why this picture is important is at that time, winston churchill was made aware that the germans were going to bomb a town by means of cracking their code. Not wanting the germans to figure out that england had learned to break their codes = he had to allow the bombing and deaths of thousands of civilians in order to keep the upper hand.
the feeling that must have been in his gut to know he could have save thousands but didnt - and the idea that he saved millions with that sacrific shows on his face
but this will always be the image of war
